Judy Mc Caig
Judy McCaig is a Scottish jeweller, printmaker and painter who since 1991 lives and works in Barcelona. Born in Edinburgh, she studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, Scotland before realising her Master of Arts degree at The Royal College of Art in London where she specialised in jewellery. She practised printmaking for several years after leaving college and established her workshop in London. Her work is part of many public and private collections and has been exhibited extensively in galleries and museums throughout the world. In Judy McCaig’s work there is a close relationship between the drawing and the finished jewel. She uses the sketches as a trigger for an idea or feeling, creating a connection between the two disciplines. Her sensitive pieces move our own imagination exploring the relationship of the human being with time and memory and makes us think of a world that has already left, achieving as a result, work of extraordinary technical wealth, thematic, with an attractive enigmatic component.
The journey, be it short or long, is necessary to feed my ongoing fascination. The two are interconnected, intertwined. Images stored subconsciously to unfold sometime in the future. Every day encounters or faraway discoveries. Changing landscapes, ancient cities, distant ruins, walls crumbling, paint peeling. Many words describe this insatiable yearning. Refuse, waste, rubbish, detritus, garbage, scrap discarded, left to rust, decay and change slowly over time. Scavenging, uncovering, revealing, bringing to light”. Judy Mc Caig
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 “Winds of Silence”, ERGO Gallery, Santiago, Chile, Taller Cecilia Richard, Cordoba, Taller Eloi, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2016 “Between The Tides”, Orfebres Peris Roca, Melting Point, Valencia, Spain. 2015 “Desert Rain”, Gallery Siesta, Barcelona, Spain. 2014 “Shifting Sands”, Sala Perill, Barcelona, Spain. 2013 “Wilderness of the Unknown” Villa Bengel, Idar Oberstein, Jakob Bengel Foundation, Germany. 2012 “Desierto de lo Desconocido”, Dterra Gallery, San Cugat, Barcelona, Spain. 2011 “En Camino”, La Mà de La Mar, Andorra, Spain. 2010 “Through Night and Day”, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2009< “A Través de las Nubes Blancas”, solo show, Amaranto Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. “A La Espera de Volar” Solo Show, Isabel& Canseco, Oviedo, Spain. 2007< “Between Sky and Earth” Solo show, Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, Hexham, Northumberland, England. 2006 “Across Unnamed Seas” Solo Show, Al “65”, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain. 2005 “Wandering Earth” Solo Show, The Scottish Gallery,Edinburgh, Scotland. 2003 “Between Worlds”, Solo Show, Hipótesi, Barcelona, Spain. 2001 “Tierra de Nadie” Moncada Taller, Barcelona, Spain. 1993 Two-Person Show, with Paul Preston, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1988 Prints and Jewellery, Solo Show, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2019 SOFA Chicago, represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc´h, Montreal, Canada. Guest Artist, Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition 2019, Beijing, China. Between Shores, Siesta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. Encounters, Gallery 66 Mistral, Barcelona, Spain. Gogoisme, Gallery Amaranto, Barcelona, Spain. JUDY McCAIG + JAMIE BENNETT, Point & line on…Jewellery! Gallery LA Joaillerie par Mazlo, Paris, France. Water Rising, Ground Work Gallery, King´s Lynn, England. ABC Collective, Athens Jewellery Week, Greece. A Room of Ones Own, Gallery LOT62/84GHz, Munich, Germany. Influences, B/E Galerie Benjamin Eck, Schmuck, Munich, Germany, Travelling Exhibtion, Leghorn, Florence, Padua, and Barcelona. Influences, Thereza Pedrosa gallery, Asolo, Italy.
2018 SOFA Chicago, represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc´h, Montreal, Canada. Cominelli Foundation Exhibition, invited artist, Lake Garda, Italy. Tal20 Schmuck Galerie, 3 person Show, Ramon Puig Cuyas/Silvia Walz/Judy McCaig. Influences, B/E Galerie Benjamin Eck, Schmuck, Munich, Germany. La Frontera, Encounters Along the Border, MAD, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA. Amber and Leonardo, the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre, Gdansk, Poland, Legnica Gallery, Poland, Magan, Gallery, London, Zhuhai Opera House, City of Zhuhai, China.
2017 SOFA Chicago, Craft Trend Fair, Seoul, South Korea, Galerie Noel Guyomarc´h Six Make A Bridge From Europe, Studio Fusion Gallery, Oxo Tower, London Nature Morte, Contemporary artists reinvigorate the still-life tradition” Michael Petry, The National Museum, Wrocław, Poland Permanent Collection Contemporary Jewellery, Raffaele Cominelli, White Room, Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy
2016 Galerie Noel Guyomarc´h, 20 ans/years, Montreal, Canada R-volucions, 66 Mistral Gallery, Barcelona Les Confluences, Nichka Marobin,Museu del Modermisme de Barcelona The Beauty of Clay, Ceramis Jewellery, Dterra, Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain Under The Same Moon, Three-Person Show. Anne Graham, David Hempstead Arteartesania, Sóller, Mallorca ‘Jewel: the inspiration in the past’ Museo de La Evolucion Humana, Burgos “Stranger Than Animal” two person Show, Tasso Mattar, Judy McCaig “Earring 3” Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA De Bric & de Broches “ Galerie Toiles de mer, Peyriac-de-mer, France Permanent Collection, Fondazione Cominelli, White Room, Santa Giulia Museum, Brescia, Italy Winter Journey, group show, Slavik Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2015 Beijing International Jewellery Art Exhibition, Beijing, China A Sense of Jewellery, 40 jewellery designers of the past 40 years. The Goldsmiths Centre,London Premio Fondazione Cominelli, 6th Edition, Salò, Lake Garda, Italy “Silence Please”, Galerie Noel Guyomarch, Montréal, Canada
2014 “En Singular”, Sala Perill, Barcelona, Spain Confrontation, Sieraad Award, New Traditional Jewellery, Amsterdam, Holland Premio Fondazione Cominelli, 5thEdition, Salò, Lake Garda, Italy Classic23rd Legnica International Jewellery Competition”, The Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland A.I.R. at the Industrial Monument Bengel 2006 until 2014, Idar-Oberstein Duplicata Earring Exhibition,Galerie Noel Guyomarch from Nicolas Estrada New Earrings Book. Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco
2013 Beijing International Jewellery Art Exhibition, Beijing, China Premio Fondazione Cominelli, 4th Edition, Salò, Lake Garda, Italy PinBall Brooch Show, Toronto International Jewellery Festival, Canada “La Frontera” Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City, travelling to Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, the Art Gallery at Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, Indiana; and the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas.“A Que Jugamos”, La Mirada Expandida Gallery, Barcelona, Spain “Ferrous”, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery/Crafthaus, San Francisco, USA
2012 New Nomads, NTJ, The Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, Holland Wall Projects, Group show, Montrose, Scotland New Nomads”, Sieraad Award, New Traditional Jewellery, Amsterdam, Holland “Behind the Brooch”, online exhibition at Crafthaus, Premio Fondazione Cominelli, 3rd Edition, Salò, Lake Garda, Italy Oh My! Travelling Gallery of Contemporary Jewellery, French Institute, Valencia Mineral Art, “inside Quartz-precious imperfection”, Inhorgenta, Munich Barcelona, Barcelona, A group Exhibition at Villa Bengal, Idar Oberstein, De
2011 Collective Show, Gallery Biro, Munich ¡Genial! New jewellery from Spain, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco Castles, Miniatures, Astrology and Alchemy, Premio Internazionale Mario Pinton, Padua, Italia „Mediterranean, Meetings and Horizons “ Museum of Natural History of the Mediterranean, Livorno, Italy Minimum, Inhorghenta, Munich, Germany Minimum, Amberif Fair, Gdansk, Poland Minimum, Open Gallery, Sandomierz, Poland True Colours, NTJ, The Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, Holland
2010 True Colours, NTJ, Villa Bengal, Idar Oberstein, Germany „Pezzi Di Luna 2“, Music and Contemporary Jewellery, Cultural Centre, Maribor, Slovenia Minimum, BWA Gallery, Walbrzych, Poland Minimum, Gold Silver Time Fair, Warsaw, Poland „Connexions/Transversals“, professors from The Massana School,Amaranto Gallery, Barcelona “True Colours” New Traditional Jewellery,Sieraad Fair, Amsterdam Premio Fondazione Cominelli, Salò, Lake Garda, Italy Minimum“19th Legnica International Jewellery Competition”, joint “Grand Prix” winner, The Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland “Paradigma” Escola Massana, Barcelona, Spain
2009 “Pardigma, School of Jewellery, Birmingham University, England
2008 A Hundred Pendant Show, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, “Collect” The Scottish Gallery” V&A Museum, London
2007 A Hundred Earring Show, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA 57th International Trade Fair, Schmuck 2005, München, DE Oratorio di San Rocco, Schmuck 2007, Padova, IT “150 Anys de joia”, Al 65, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona
2006 “Bijoux Contemporain de Barcelona“, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h,Montréal, Canada
2005 A Hundred Brooch Exhibition, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco 100 Brooches Exhibition, Thomas Mann’s Gallery, New Orleans / Bellagio Gallery, 100 Brooches Exhibition, Asheville, N-Carolina, US Triennale Europeene du Bijou Contemporain Domaine Du Chateau de Seneffe, Belgium Maker, Wearer, Viewer, Narrative Jewellery, Glasgow School of Art, The Scottish Gallery, Galerie Marzee The Kaliningrad Amber Museum, „ALATYR‘ 2005“, RU
2004 Lightness, Reviving the Filigree, ESAD Escola Superior de Artes e design, Matosinhos & Museo du Ouro de Travassos, Portugal
2003 Chess“, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA Anti-war-medalls, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA
2001 Jewellery from Barcelona, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, USA SOFA Chicago, Represented by The Scottish Gallery
1999-04 The Silent Scene, James Hockey Gallery, Farnham, England/Travelling
1998 “Jewellery Moves” international Jewellery Exhibition, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh “Aromatica” Jewellery and Print Group Show, Broka Gallery,Tokyo,Circus Gallery, Kaobe and Anry Gallery Nagoya, Japan
1995 Modern British Jewellery 1945-1995, Landesmuseum, Mainz, Germany Three Person Show, with Ramon Puig Cuyas and Xavier Domenech, Neuer Schmuck Gallery, Hanover, Germany La Joia i el Seu Dibiux, Hipotesi Gallery, Barcelona “Story Boxes” Box Show, Claude André Gallery, Brussels “Shining Through’, Crafts Council Summer Festival, London
1993 Four Person Show, Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA The Chemistry Set, London Travelling, Southern Art/Crafts Council
1992 Ten Scottish Jewellers, Hipótesi Gallery, Barcelona Joies Indissenyables, 15 International Jewellers, Capelle de L’Antic. Hospital de Ia Santa Creu, Barcelona
1991 Four Person Show, Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA SOFA Chicago, Represented by The Scottish Gallery
1990 Miharudu Gallery, Collective Exhibition, Tokyo Great British Design Exhibition, Tokyo Center for International Contemporary Arts, New York
1988 Sotheby’s Decorative Arts Awards Exhibition, London Atlas 3 Exhibition, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
1987 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
1985 Riverside Studio Open Exhibition, London
1983 Royal College of Art Degree Show, London/Spectrum Gallery, Munich
1980 International Light Fair, Houston, USA
Crafts Council Collection, London. Scottish Crafts Council/National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh. The Terry Brodie-Smith Jewellery Collection. British Museum, London, Medal commissioned by British Art Medal Society. Vydalo Museum, Ceskeho ráje, Turnov, Czech Republic. Elizabeth Moinard Private Collection, Glasgow, Scotland. Antonia Cortijos Private Collection, Barcelona, Spain. International Collection of Contemporary Jewellery, Gallery of Art in Legnica. Fondazione Cominelli Collection, Saló, Italy. A.I.R. collection, Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Rotasa Foundation and other Private Collections, USA.
2014 Award of Polish Jewellery, 23rd Legnica International Jewellery Competition, Galerie Sztuki w Legnicy, Legnica, Poland.
2010 Grand Prix, joint first prize, 19th Legnica International Jewellery Competition, Galerie Sztuki w Legnicy, Legnica, Poland.
2005 The Amber Competition “Alatyr”, Russia.
1989 Greater London Arts Grant for Individual Artists.
1987 Crafts Council Setting Up Grant -Established Studio in London.
1980 Scottish Education Department Major Travel.